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by Andrew Vachss
Hardcover Pub. Date Nov. 1995
Warner Aspect
$19.95
Andrew Vachss is a hardcore
mystery writer that I have read for several years; he tends to favor very
dark characters who all have one thing in common, they save and/or rescue
abused children.This Batman story is
no different. The plot involves The Batman getting to know a young woman
who works with the C.P.S. She shows him where future criminals are coming
from, and the The Batman decides to take this fight all the way to the
top. Along the way he gets a lot of help from Alfred and a lot of motivation
from his long-dead mother.This is a very serious
novel about a very serious problem, which is the sexual abuse of children.
I give Andrew Vachss alot of credit for putting this subject out in the
open, and for making it so realistic that it made me angry enough to do
something about it, no matter how trivial that might be.Oh, and by the way, this
is a really cool Batman book!!!!
Reviewed by J. Patton